Social Worker Job in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya

Position: Social Worker
 

Location: Mathare
 

Reports to: Headmistress
 

Hours: Mon- Fri, 7:30am to 4:30pm
 

Key Responsibilities and Duties
 

The Social worker along with key technical staff will be responsible for coordinating caregiver – early child psycho-social program activities. 

Key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Conduct regular home visits for the daycare and preschool children using the home visit tools to ensure the care-giving environment is conducive to help children grow into healthy and happy to harness full development potential


• Organize and  conduct parent/caregiver support group meetings to discuss essence of early child development issues and mobilize them into group savings and loan activities as economic strengthening at household level


• Use a variety of appropriate formal and informal tools and techniques to evaluate the progress and performance of students and families based on child development milestones


• Develop long-term and short-term intervention plans consistent with children’s developmental needs to help children attain full development potential


• Keep proper records of the children in the daycare and preschool programs including family background, health, social and key interventions and follow-up visits forms


• Assist ECD coordinator to carry-out individual child assessment to ensure each child is attaining proper development milestones


• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, community programs officer and programs manager


• Performing other related duties as may be assigned

Personal attributes

• High level of motivation, organization, honesty, commitment and professional responsibility


• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision


• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)


• Accurate and detail oriented

Requirements

• Must have good counseling skills.


• Key knowledge on Early Childhood Development


• Must have at least 2 years working experience

Academic Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Community Development


• Certificate/diploma in Early Childhood Development is desirable

Interested applicants should send their applications together with a detailed CV to the HR Officer at jobs@shininghopeforcommunities.org  quoting their current and expected salaries. 

Hard Copies application can be dropped at our Mathare Office any day from 8:00am-5:00pm 

Applications should reach us no later than 28th March 2016. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.